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trifling with

trifling with is the present participle and gerund of trifle with.

Meaning of trifle with

Verb

trifle with (third-person singular simple present trifles with, present participle trifling with, simple past and past participle trifled with)

  1. (transitive) To toy with.
  2. (transitive) To mock; to treat lightly.

Questions about trifling with

What is trifling with the present participle and gerund of?
Trifling with is the present participle and gerund of trifle with.

Words near trifling with in the dictionary

  1. triflic
  2. triflic acid
  3. triflic acids
  4. triflimide
  5. trifling
  6. trifling with
  7. triflingly
  8. triflingness
  9. triflings
  10. triflocin
  11. trifloral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trifling with (page history and authors); trifle with (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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